Texas leads the nation in raw renewable energy production. Solar, wind, and nuclear are hardly maligned there.

amanaplanacanal 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm not in the know on Texas politics, so I'm curious. Do Texas politicians publicly support clean energy? Or do they just keep their mouths shut and let it happen? Given that the current head of the Republican party seems completely against it and how rabid some of his followers are, I'm just wondering how they thread that needle?

	▲	kdheiwns 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Texas politicians never run with clean energy as part of their platforms. They still run with oil as their main shtick. That doesn't mean that they don't let clean energy operate in their state, because they'd be silly to completely turn down money. But they can't openly announce it as a point of pride because it'll anger their base.

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dyauspitr an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m pretty sure the GP knows that Texas does a lot of renewable energy. It’s just that you can’t talk about it or run on that platform as soon as you run on it people think you’re some woke liberal America destroyer.

	▲	MetaWhirledPeas 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Pretty much. When the Texas grid was failing during ice storms they were trying to blame wind farms IIRC. I suspect the success of renewables in Texas has more to do with the bottom line than anything else. They certainly get a lot of badmouthing from people in rural areas. And honestly this is the best possible outcome. The impact of good intentions wavers along with cultural evolution, but it's hard to stop something that just makes financial sense.